Everybody Leisure is to take over delivery of the “Bikeability” scheme across Cheshire East.
The scheme, funded by the Department for Transport, teaches young people to ride a bike.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s ballooning special needs budget deficit is so serious it “threatens the very existence of the council”, a councillor said.
The DSG (dedicated school grant) deficit currently stands at about £90 million.
Cheshire motorists have been involved in potentially lethal collisions while trying to avoid potholes, the county’s police boss said today.
Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer issued the warning as he encouraged more people to report potholes to their local authorities.
Residents and staff at a Nantwich care home had a very sweet treat when Lollipop Ponies Moomin and Tinkerbelle trotted in to say hello.
The ponies thrilled residents during their visit to Richmond Village Nantwich, off London Road.
Highways chiefs have closed a busy road in Nantwich to allow United Utilities to repair an ongoing leak.
The “emergency closure” is in Middlewich Road in Nantwich between the Sainsbury’s and A51 roundabouts.
A Nantwich accountant is set to go the extra mile to raise cash for charities close to her heart.
Mother-of-two Jen Johnson, an Associate Director at Afford Bond Chartered Accountants, is hard in training for the Manchester Marathon in April when hundreds will take to the streets of the city to run 26.2 miles.
A South Cheshire man has been jailed after he admitted engaging in sexual activity with children as young as nine years old.
Andrew Cork, 53, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after his activities were uncovered by Cheshire Police’s online child abuse investigation team.
A support group in Nantwich for women with cancer has received a financial boost from a housing developer.
Volunteer-led Cheshire Roses Group offers emotional and pastoral support for women affected by cancer.
Cheshire East is to offer grant funding to local organisations who can deliver cultural activities.
The funding support is from the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
By Jonathan White
A runner from Nantwich has completed a double marathon to raise money for a children’s hospital.
Charles Boughton, 27, completed the b52.5 miles at Barony Park in Nantwich in aid of Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Education bosses say 94% of parents in Cheshire East received their first preference secondary school on national secondary school offer day.
More than 4,900 applications were received from parents and carers whose children will be moving up to secondary school in Cheshire East in September 2024.
Football pundit and former England player Gary Neville spoke to students and staff at Cheshire College – South & West when he visited the Crewe campus.
Neville, who’s career spans across the worlds of sport, broadcasting and education, called in to the college yesterday (February 29).
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has turned down a proposal which would have allowed councillors to claim two special responsibility allowances.
At present, councillors can only claim one special responsibility allowance (SRA).
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